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**HOLIDAYS OF THE SHADOW SUN: The Pagan Codex Behind Christmas** Long before Christmas lights shimmered in suburban windows and Santa Claus slid down carefully mythologized chimneys, midwinter belonged to older powers-gods, ghosts, witches, the dead, and the sun itself. Holidays of the Shadow Sun peels back the glossy modern veneer to reveal the deep, ancient machinery beneath the season: the cosmic dread, the ecstatic fire rites, the ancestral bargains, and the shamanic visions that shaped humanity's most enduring holiday. Drawing from Indo-Iranian sky myth, Roman Saturnalia, Norse Yule, Alpine demon processions, Italian Epiphany witches, and esoteric anatomy, this book reconstructs the forgotten architecture of the winter solstice-the moment the sun halts in the sky and the world holds its breath. Here, Christmas is not an invention or a replacement, but a palimpsest, layered over millennia of rituals designed to confront the darkest night of the year with fire, feasting, masks, and mythic courage. Inside these pages, you'll encounter:Mithras the Unconquered Sun, born from stone on the darkest night Saturn the devouring father, whose festival reversed the world Odin and the Wild Hunt, tearing across the midwinter sky Krampus, Perchta, and the Alpine devils, who purify through terror La Befana and the hearth goddesses, guardians of the threshold The claustrum and pineal solstice, where myth and neuro-mysticism meet Santa Claus as Santo Klaustrum, the inner visitor who rises from the hidden place Holidays of the Shadow Sun blends mythology, anthropology, occult history, neuroscience, and atmospheric storytelling to show how a single cosmic event-the sun's three-day standstill at the solstice-became a global season of feasts, ghosts, miracles, monsters, and rebirth. This is Christmas as you've never seen it: raw, ancient, luminous, and shadowed- a festival built on the bones of forgotten gods and the spark of the returning light. A darkly cozy, deeply researched journey perfect for readers of myth, folklore, winter magic, and the secret histories that hide in plain sight.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. **HOLIDAYS OF THE SHADOW SUN: The Pagan Codex Behind Christmas**Long before Christmas lights shimmered in suburban windows and Santa Claus slid down carefully mythologized chimneys, midwinter belonged to older powers-gods, ghosts, witches, the dead, and the sun itself. Holidays of the Shadow Sun peels back the glossy modern veneer to reveal the deep, ancient machinery beneath the season: the cosmic dread, the ecstatic fire rites, the ancestral bargains, and the shamanic visions that shaped humanity's most enduring holiday.Drawing from Indo-Iranian sky myth, Roman Saturnalia, Norse Yule, Alpine demon processions, Italian Epiphany witches, and esoteric anatomy, this book reconstructs the forgotten architecture of the winter solstice-the moment the sun halts in the sky and the world holds its breath. Here, Christmas is not an invention or a replacement, but a palimpsest, layered over millennia of rituals designed to confront the darkest night of the year with fire, feasting, masks, and mythic courage.Inside these pages, you'll encounter: Mithras the Unconquered Sun, born from stone on the darkest nightSaturn the devouring father, whose festival reversed the worldOdin and the Wild Hunt, tearing across the midwinter skyKrampus, Perchta, and the Alpine devils, who purify through terrorLa Befana and the hearth goddesses, guardians of the thresholdThe claustrum and pineal solstice, where myth and neuro-mysticism meetSanta Claus as Santo Klaustrum, the inner visitor who rises from the hidden placeHolidays of the Shadow Sun blends mythology, anthropology, occult history, neuroscience, and atmospheric storytelling to show how a single cosmic event-the sun's three-day standstill at the solstice-became a global season of feasts, ghosts, miracles, monsters, and rebirth.This is Christmas as you've never seen it: raw, ancient, luminous, and shadowed-a festival built on the bones of forgotten godsand the spark of the returning light.A darkly cozy, deeply researched journey perfect for readers of myth, folklore, winter magic, and the secret histories that hide in plain sight. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798232338053
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